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No. 625,725. Patented May 23, I899.

G. J. HABERM'ANN. r

FAUCET.

(Application filed May 4, 1898.) (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet l.

E WHMQ am Patented May 23, I899. G. J. HABERMANN.

F A U C E T.

(Application filed May 4, 1898.)

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(No Model) UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE J. HABERMANN, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO ARTHUR E. NESPER, ALBERT B. CONKEY, AND HARRY IIUTCHINGS, OF SAME PLACE.

FAUCE T.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 625,725, dated May 23, 1899.

Application filed May 4:, 1898. Serial No. 679,686. (No model.) I

To coZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE J. I-IABER- MANN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Faucets; and I do declare that the following is a full, clear,

and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in faucets; and the object of the invention is to provide what may be termed a high-pres- I tion to froth or foam when drawn.

sure faucet, adapted more especially for drawing ale, beer, and like beverages which require pressure and have a natural disposi- It is well known in this art that a relatively high pressure is desirable on ale or beer under tap to keep it lively and from becoming flat or stale; but when the pressure runs somewhat highsay up toward fifteen poundsthere is encountered the other objection that the liquid foams so excessively when drawn as to render such high pressure commercially impracticable. Then, again, some beers, and notably foreign or imported beer, is known to be so wild that usually at a moderate or comparatively low pressure there is much waste on account of foaming when a barrel is fresh tapped. However, foaming is not always regarded as objectionable, and especially in connection with what is known as the bucket or can trade, which in some places is very large. For this trade it is a common practice to keep a keg under tap with especially high pressure, while for the counter trade a lower pressure is used, with the consequence of getting less foam and more solid beer. Yet it remains true that high pressure is always best for the beer, and hence most desirable; but hitherto it has been found impracticable, because high pressure and a solid stream could not beLhadtogether. My invention is therefore designed to harmonize these hitherto-opposed conditions and to afford a solid stream of ale or beer with not only the highest pressure desirable,but with excessive pressure, if that be preferred.

To these ends the invention consists in a faucet constructed and operating substanimproved faucet shown as drawing to prevent foam. Fig. 2'is ahorizontal plan view, partly in section, on line 2 2, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical central sectional elevation like unto Fig. 1, but with the parts open to draw with foam. Fig. 4. is a plan view of the front portion of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a perspective olevation of the regulating-cup, which is shown in working position in Figs. 1, 2, and 3.

A represents what may be termed the body of the faucet, which may be of any prefer-red design and provided with the usual barrel-shaped head a, tapered internally and fashioned to receive the plug or valve B. The said plug or valve B is in this instance sectional, having a lower or bottom section B, provided with threaded connection with the main part B and preferably provided with an annular shoulder 2 j ustbelow the head a, in which I show a spring 3, which serves to keep the valve close down on its seat.

C represents the first essential element of my novel high-pressure solid-stream-producing mechanism, consisting of a cup preferably shaped about as shown and adapted to occupya place inside the plug or valve B beneath the liquid -opening into the same through body A, and in this instance sealed in the lower section B of said plug or valve.

It will be noticed that the cup 0 occupies a central position in the plug B, leaving afree space all about the same fora down or through draft, except what slight space is occupied by the vanes c vertically on its. outside and which serve to steady it in its Working posi tion. Said vanes are shown as extending somewhat below the body of the cup to rest on the ledge or shoulder 4 in the plug-section B. The said section and cup C are first assembled, and then the said section is screwed to place, when they are ready for use. They are also easily removed for cleansing when desired. Obviously the cup as such is the essential element and the means of its support incidental. The vanes c or their equivalent might therefore be on the section B in stead of the cap, and any suitable means or way of supporting the cup in working position may be adopted.

Now to render the cup available and to promote the object of a solid draft of liquid I provide the plug or valve B with a specially small opening 6 opposite the main and larger 1 with a single discharge passage and a pluopening 7, which latter opening may be regarded as of the usual size. An elbow-pipe D is engaged in the hole 6and projects down centrally into the cup and comparatively near to the bottom thereof. At the top the plug B is provided with a projection or lug 8, which is adapted to engage against either of i the shoulders or stops 9 on the top of head a,

with, as in Fig. 3.

formed here by a recess in the said head; but any other form of stop to limit the rotation of the plug may be used.' WVhen one stop is reached, the hole 6 is in open position with the body A, as in Figs. 1 and 2, and when the other stop is reached the hole 7 is open there- When the valve is closed, the handle E projects straight to the front. Hence a quarter-turn to the left will register hole 6 with the draft and the liquid will flow through pipe D, and a quarter-turn to the right will register hole 7 with the draft and the liquid will flow through said hole down about the side of cup D. When the liquid flows through pipe D, I obtain a solid stream with practically no foam, however high the pressure, and I may as well have thirty pounds as ten pounds with this arrangement; but when the flow is through hole 7 directly into the plug or valve B, as is usual with the old style of beer-faucet, there is heavy foaming unavoidably. The same faucet can therefore be used to draw beer or ale both ways and there is no need of keeping two kegs on tapunder different pressures for this purpose. Chief, however, is the advantage of always maintaining a high pressure to insure a fresh and active state of the beverage coupled with a solid and lively stream, which greatly facilitates the operation.

An elbow pipe or tube D is here shown to convey the liquid into the cup 0, from which it overflows out of the faucet; but any other channel or' medium that will carry the liquid under confinement into the cup and serve a like purpose is within my invention. So, likewise, may any receptacle of whatever form substitute the cup 0 if it serves the same purpose.

A common form of body A of the faucet is here shown and a plug-valve tapered as usual, but novel otherwise in its construction and furnishings. Of course other forms of faucet or a modification of this one might be equipped with my invention and be within the terms of my claims.

It will be noticed that the hole or orifice-6 is reduced in size as compared with the pipe or tube D, so that said hole itself operates as a check on flow of the liquid as com pared with the larger bore or capacity of pipe D.

hat I claim is 1. The faucet having a plug-valve provided rality of openings at its side into said passage, in combination with a cup in said passage and a pipe engaged over one of said openings at one end and discharging into the cup at the other end, substantially as described.

2. The faucet-casing and a plug-valve therein closed at its top and having a single passage and two openings of difierent sizes in its side, in combination with a pipe arranged with one end over the smaller of said openings and a cup in the said passage into which the portion of the plug and a tube over said reduced opening and discharging into said cup,

substantially as described.

4. The faucet-body and the pl ug-valve having a handle at its top and a single passage with two inlet-openings thereto of different size diametrically opposite each other at its side, a liquid-receptacle in the lower portion of the valve and a tube discharging therein having its upper end over one of said inletopenings, substantially as described.

5. The faucet-body, a plug-valve therein formed 'in two sections horizontally, a cup in the lower section in the passage through the valve and seated therein on projections about its outside, thus allowing a liquid-passage between the cup and the wall of the valve, and a liquid-conducting tube emptying into said .cup and fixed at its other end over the valve inlet-opening, substantially as described.

6. The faucet-body and the two-part plugvalve having a single discharge-passage longitudinally-through the same, in combination with acup in the lower part of the Valve provided with vanes at its sides on which it is seated, and an elbow-pipe fixed over an inlet-opening in the upper part of the valve and arranged to discharge into the cup, substantially as described.

Witness my hand to the foregoing specification this 26th day of April, 1898.

GEORGE J. HABERMANN.

Vitnesses:

R. B. MOSER, H. E. MUDRA. 

